Tagged: Phoenix Scholars

‘I’ve got a lot planned’: Scholar program helps students prep for future

‘I’ve got a lot planned’: Scholar program helps students prep for future

For a dozen middle schoolers who attended a first-time academic summer camp at UW-Green Bay, looking back was important.

Looking forward, even more so.

The weeklong residential experience, “The Phoenix Scholar Institute for African American Girls,” is a program designed to close the academic achievement gap, and to address educational imbalances.

Phoenix Scholar Institute paves way for success

Phoenix Scholar Institute paves way for success

A pilot summer program will help middle schoolers become scholars July 29-Aug. 3 on the campus of UW-Green Bay. A collaborative effort of the University, the Green Bay School District and community members, the...

Close-ups: A look into the Phoenix Scholar Program

Close-ups: A look into the Phoenix Scholar Program

The Phoenix Scholar Program, a residential program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay designed to promote the academic success of African American eighth-grade boys, is in full swing. Twelve eighth-graders from Franklin and Washington Green Bay Area Public Schools were nominated by a teacher, social worker, guidance counselor, administrator or a Boys & Girls Club staff member to attend the program, which runs from June 24 to June 29.